Excerpt from The Art of Fielding: With a Chapter on Base Running, Containing Special Articles on Battery Work in Fielding, the Pitcher and Catcher as Fielders, the Infield, Firs-Base Play, the Second Baseman's Work, Third Base Play, Short Fielding, the Outfielder's Work, Backing-UpEntered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1885 A. G. Spalding bros, In the O¿ice of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.